R.R. Reno (Creighton): On Graduate Study in Theology. From THES, a revival of interest in theology is evident in academic and political debate, and John Milbank and the radical orthodoxy movement are spreading the news; a review of Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West by Anthony Grafton; and enjoyment or pursuance of a subject does not always depend on knowledge of its foundations — George Watson considers the death of Grand Theory. Better Off "Fred": What can network TV learn from the runaway success of a no-budget YouTube sensation? A review of Vaclav Smil's Energy in World History. A review of The Politics of Climate Change by Anthony Giddens (and more and more and more). Nate Silver on the end of car culture: It's not just erratic gas prices and a bad economy that's hurting automakers — it may be that Americans are changing. A review of The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy — If We Let It Happen by Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous. This recession deepens: Are people turning to tattoos to cope? I'm powerless over the economy and my bills are unmanageable: Darren Littlejohn on how to apply the principles of Buddhism and 12-Step Recovery to the current economic crisis.